Apple Cream Cheese Hand Pies with Cardamom - SippitySup

Ingredients

• 14 ounces cream cheese (at room temperature, divided)
• 7 tablespoons unsalted butter (at room temperature)
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream (or more as needed)
• 2 3/4 cup (390 grams) all purpose flour scooped & leveled (plus more as needed)
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar (divided)
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest
• 1 large egg
• 2 large, tart, firm apples (peeled, halved, cored and cut into ½‑inch dice)
• ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 large egg yolk (mixed with 1 teaspoon water, as egg wash)
• turbinado sugar (as needed)